Bryant Neal Vinas

rdf:langString Bryant Neal Vinas

rdf:langString Bryant Neal Vinas

rdf:langString Bryant Neal Vinas

rdf:langString Ibrahim; Bashir al-Ameriki; and Ben Yameen al-Kanadeeis

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rdf:langString Sentenced

rdf:langString In prison

rdf:langString American

rdf:langString Truck driver

rdf:langString Juan Vinas ;

rdf:langString Maria Luisa Uraga Vinas ;

rdf:langString Rosa Gutierrez

rdf:langString Bryant Neal Vinas (born December 4, 1982; also Ibrahim, Bashir al-Ameriki and Ben Yameen al-Kanadeeis) is a Hispanic Muslim American convicted of participating in and supporting al-Qaeda plots in Afghanistan and the U.S. After converting to Islam in 2004, he traveled to Waziristan, Pakistan, in 2007 with the intention of meeting and joining a jihadist group to fight U.S. soldiers in Afghanistan. He was accepted into al-Qaeda and received training in general combat and military explosives. He also volunteered detailed information about the operation of the Long Island Rail Road (LIRR) system to a senior al-Qaeda leader to help plan a bomb attack on an LIRR commuter train in New York's Penn Station. Subsequently, he participated in two al-Qaeda rocket attacks on U.S. soldiers in Afghanistan in September 2008. He was captured by Pakistani forces in 2008 and transferred to FBI custody. In January 2009, he pleaded guilty to all three charges against him. After cooperating with law enforcement and testifying in two European terrorism trials, Vinas was sentenced in May 2017 to three months in prison additionally to the time that he had already served. He will remain under tight supervision for the rest of his life.

rdf:langString i) conspiracy to murder U.S. nationals; ii) providing material support to al-Qaeda; and iii) providing "expert advice and assistance"

rdf:langString Ibrahim; Bashir al-Ameriki; and Ben Yameen al-Kanadeeis